karvė
See also: karve
Lithuanian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Balto-Slavic *kárˀwāˀ (“cow”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱorh₂-weh₂, from *ḱerh₂- (“head, top; horn”), with an irregular depalatalization of the *ḱ. Cognate with Old Prussian curwis (“ox”), Proto-Slavic *korva (“cow”), English hart; see the Proto-Slavic for more on the phonetic development.[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]kárvė f (plural kárvės) stress pattern 1
- cow
- (figuratively) a slow person or animal
Declension
[edit]| singular (vienaskaita) |
plural (daugiskaita) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (vardininkas) | kárvė | kárvės |
| genitive (kilmininkas) | kárvės | kárvių |
| dative (naudininkas) | kárvei | kárvėms |
| accusative (galininkas) | kárvę | kárves |
| instrumental (įnagininkas) | kárve | kárvėmis |
| locative (vietininkas) | kárvėje | kárvėse |
| vocative (šauksmininkas) | kárve | kárvės |
References
[edit]- ^ Derksen, Rick (2015), “karvė”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 230
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